HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-05-11 81-170 ORDER81-170
Introduced by Councilor Soucy, May 11, 1981
CITY OF BANGOR
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,By the City M! ofthn C4V of Bangor:
ORDERED,
TMT in
accordance with 30 M.R.S.A. §§ 1911 et seq., a amended,
the City Council of the City of Bangor hereby .orders the City. Clerk to place
on e ballot at a Special Election to be held on
the following question:
"Shall the municipality approve the charter amendments
reprinted below?"
I1( That the provisions of Sec. 4(a) of Article VI, Bangor City
Charter, be deleted and replaced with the -following:
_ SEC. 4 Budget. (a) There shall be an interim six-
mwth fiscal veacommencing January L. 1982 and ending
June 30. 1982. Thereafter. the fiscal year
of the city
goy ent shall c on the first day of July and
shell end on the Seth day of June of each calendar year.
[21 That the provisions of Sec. 4(b) of Article VI, Bangor City
Charter, be deleted and replaced with the following;
(b) Not later than the first Monday in December,
1981, the citymanager shell submit to the Council a
current expense budget which shall be a complete financial
plan for the interim six-month fiscal year. Thereafter.
the city nanager
shall, not later than the third Monday in -
March, submit to the Council an annual current expense
budget, bhich Shall bee complete financial plan forthe
suing fiscal year.
[31 That the provisions of Sec. 5 of Article VI, Bangor City
Charter, be amended with the following:
SEC. 5 Budget changes. The Council may insert new
items of expenditure or may increase, decrease, or strike out
Items of expenditure, except that no item of appropriation for
debt service shall be reduced. The Council shall not alter
AMENDMENTS TO COMCIL OMER 981-170
(1) First sentence to be amended t0 read in part:
to place on a ballot ee-e-speeseq-egeetden-te-be-Megd-am
at the next r iuLer City election the following question: . . .
(2) That the proposed amendment to Sec. 4(b), Article VI, Bangor City
Charter,be amended in the second sentence to require. the City
Manager t submit his budget to the City Council no later than
the first Monday in April, rather than the third Monday in
March.
(3) That .the proposed amendments be amended by,adding the following:
'[4] These amendments shall take effect on November 12 1981.
Amendment to Order #81-170
In the event the City Council shall fail to adopt a budget by June
15th of each year, the pto reed budget as presented by the city
manager shall automatically become the city budget for the fiscal
year, resided, however, Said deadline for Council adoption of
the bud et may be exceeded to July let by majority vote of the
City Council taken prior to June 15th.
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Amended — Paragraph 03 Sec, 5 Delete Section underlined and add above ememNment
in its place
Amended — Delete In first paragraph J special election to be held on and add i
The next regular Aity Sleotion
Amended — Paragraph #2 (S) 5th Line Delete Tkir4,. and add Pirat
in the same paragraph 6th line Change M eh to April
Amended — Add Paragraph A
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the city manager's estimateof receipts except that any
Increases r decreases in expenditure itemsshall be fully_i
reflected by increasing or decreasing the .amount required to
be raised by tax levy in the ensuing year. In the event the
City Council shall fail to adopt a budeet by the beginning
.date of the fiscal year, the proposed budget as presented by
the city earnest shall automatically become the city budget
for the fiscal year.
Explanation: The purpose of this amendment is to provide for a change in the
fiscal year of the City of Bangor from January 1 - December 31 to July 1 - Joao
30, and to require adoption of the annual budget prior to the beginning of the
fiscal year.
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